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Operations Scheduler

  • Public sector
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • 05/04/2024
  • £27,000.00 - £28,249.00 /yearly
  • Full Time & Permanent
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Job Overview

Location

Newcastle upon Tyne

Job Type

Full Time & Permanent

Salary

£27,000 - £28,249 yearly

Date Posted:

05/04/2024

Expiration date:

19/04/2024

Additional Detail

Job ID

4967

Work Location

Office-based

Job Description

Newcastle office with an element of working from home. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in Great Britain and not overseas. You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process. Informal hybrid arrangements are available and the balance between home and workplace working is to be agreed with the line manager to achieve the right balance between collaboration, in-person engagement and flexibility.

Job summary

The Customer Advice Delivery Enablement Team are at the forefront of work to ensure Acass Advice Services best meet the needs and interests of our customers and stakeholders. This work includes developing operational policy, co-ordination of activities to meet required service levels, provision of knowledge support and identifying potential for innovation and improvement within Advice that will extend Acass reach and impact. 

Schedulers:

  • Working collaboratively as a team to create and update Helpline and ECSO advisers schedules in order to optimise customer contact opportunities.
  • Balance advisers schedules to achieve targets whilst maintaining contractually agreed development time, breaks, lunches, and additional non-customer facing time.
  • Produce schedules that meet expectations around fairness and inclusivity.
  • Support the National Operations Manager in promptly identifying and correcting system errors.
  • Provide regular and ad- hoc performance reporting.
  • React to real time service level changes in order to achieve organisational targets.
  • Co-ordinates activities across the Advice service function, providing insight to support business and workforce planning
  • Maintains and improves relationships with Advice Management Team and other internal stakeholders.

Job description

  • Building schedules for Helpline and ECSO staff in line with service policies and procedures.
  • Re-optimisation schedules and resolve problems associated with scheduled activities to maximise service efficiency
  • Changing working patterns and input new working patterns for advisers;
  • Responding to day-to-day queries and requests from Managers about their teams schedules within required SLAs
  • Monitoring day-to-day performance, and make real-time scheduling decisions based on this;
  • Analysis of past performance to inform future planning
  • Respond to requests from the National Operations Team Manager for data or insight.

Who we are

Acas exists to make working life better for everyone in Britain. We are the experts in workplace matters, were impartial, so were not on anyones side. That means were working for everyone to help prevent and resolve workplace issues.

Acas helps employers and employees by providing information, advice, training, conciliation and other services that prevent or resolve workplace problems.


Acas has been recognised for its Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace from the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion awards  Disability Confident Highly Commended; Pay Gap award winner and Overall winner for public sector organisations. Acas is committed to providing services and developing policies which embrace diversity, promote equality of opportunity and eliminate unlawful discrimination.

Person specification

Essential: 

Technical; 

  • Proficient at using IT systems, with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, specifically EXCEL;

Experience:

  • Excellent interpersonal skills - able to communicate in a friendly, open and constructive manner with a diverse range of people;
  • Able to work on own initiative with minimal supervision and be proactive;
  • Highly organised, motivated and able to prioritise workload accordingly.

Desirable:

Technical: 

  • Prior knowledge of WFM systems

Experience:

  • Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint;
  • Experience of contact centre scheduling

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Seeing the Big Picture
Alongside your salary of £27,000, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service contributes £7,290 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Were big believers in rewarding people for the amazing work they do, take a look at some of the fantastic benefits we offer: 

  • Learning and Development;
  • Health and wellbeing;
  • Pension scheme;
  • Cycle to work scheme;
  • Childcare schemes;
  • Interest free season ticket loans;
  • Volunteering opportunities.

Could you ask for any more?

Youll have access to a Lifestyle website, where youll be able to grab savings over a wide range of products from holidays to your weekly shop. 

To find out more please check out - Working for Acas

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

How to apply

Please click on the 'Apply now' button.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete

An evidence-based statement of suitability and CV reflecting the essential and desirable Experience and Technical requirements as listed in the Job Description. Your statement of suitability should be no longer than 750 words. It should avoid generalised assertions, instead including specific examples of achievements, explaining the degree of challenge, what you did and the outcomes.

The CV is for reference only and will not be assessed.

If a large number of applications meet the minimum standard an interview wait list may be created for this position. This means that if you have met the minimum requirements at sift you may be placed at a Hold status and if we are able to invite you to an interview we will be in touch.

Interview Details 

If you have successfully passed sift, you will be invited to an interview via MS Teams which is likely to take place week commencing 13/05/24. The interview will be a Behaviour and Strength interview and will also include a Technical exercise, details of which will be sent to candidates who are successful at sift.  

A reserve list will be created for this position, this means that if you have passed the interview, but we couldnt offer you this position, youll be on a reserve list for 12 months if a similar position becomes available.

If a person with disabilities is put at a disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

  • Contact Acas HR Recruitment Service via [email protected]  as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
  • Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need accessibility considerations to enter the building or interview room, for communications or adjustments for testing procedures. 
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Code and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact us on [email protected] in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from us, you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

 
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